Housing Related Support: Flexible Purchasing System

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) is looking to engage with the market for the provision of Housing Related Support services. Organisations are invited to express interest for this service by visiting YORtender YORtender (eu-supply.com) and registering against project ID 67689. Providers are reminded that there is no tender documentation available at this stage and this will be subject to a separate publication and project ID. RMBC will be holding a 2nd market engagement event on the 3rd March 2023, 10am - 11:30pm at Rockingham Professional Development Centre (Roughwood Road, Rotherham S61 4HY). The event will present the key outcomes from the Service Specification working group for both Accommodation with Support and Floating Support. To register your interest please email: PHcommissioning@rotherham.gov.uk Details from the event will be shared with all organisations who have registered interest in the service. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) is looking to engage with the market for the re-design of the provision for Housing Related Support services. Housing Related Support Services are non-statutory services that support people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless to live independently in the community, designed to complement the Council’s offer to alleviate and prevent homelessness. RMBC aim to implement a single pathway of support for adults who struggle to live independently. The pathway will be supported by a Flexible Purchasing System where resource can be quickly accessed to meet needs, especially around complexity, from a group of procured providers. Providers procured onto the Flexible Purchasing system will be experienced and skilled service providers that are able to provide support and accommodation either on a block basis of multiple units or as individual packages of support. It is anticipated that there will be three lots within the pathway: • Short-term emergency accommodation-based support • Accommodation-based support • Floating Support (Resettlement or Prevention) The model will be focused on outcomes and will be informed by existing models of good practice. There will be an agreed overarching service specification, co-designed with the market. The exact details of this contract are yet to be confirmed. The purpose of this PIN notice is to inform all interested providers that a tender process is planned to take place and to invite prospective providers to be involved in the development of these services, through attendance at the market engagement event.